Border Patrol considering new segments of fencing in Starr County

JUNE 24, 2014, 2:02 PM, ROMA, TEXAS - Using an inflatable raft, coyotes, or smugglers, carry immigrants across by the international bridge on the Rio Grande in Roma, Texas. According to law enforcement officials, higher risk smuggling operations have moved into Starr County in order to avoid the saturated border in Hidalgo, County.

JUNE 24, 2014, 2:02 PM, ROMA, TEXAS - Using an inflatable raft,...

The Border Patrol is considering building 32 miles of fencing in Starr County, a heavily used smuggling corridor that’s also a region of Texas with no existing border wall and is dominated by private property, according to several people who met with the agency last week.

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